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Lot 19
Beckford (William).- [Lansdown (Henry Venn)] Recollections of the late William Beckford..., first edition, one of 100 copies, original cloth, privately printed, 1893
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Beckford (William).- [Lansdown (Henry Venn)] Recollections of the late William Beckford, of Fonthill, Wilts; and Lansdown, Bath, edited by Charlotte Lansdown, first edition, one of 100 copies, title and final leaf lightly browned, hinges split, book-label of John Gloag, original red cloth, by W.Brown of Bath, titled in gilt on upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, preserved in modern red cloth folder and red morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, [Bath], printed for private circulation, 1893.
⁂ Scarce item of Beckfordiana, of which Library Hub records only 2 copies (BL and University of Oxford).
Description
Beckford (William).- [Lansdown (Henry Venn)] Recollections of the late William Beckford, of Fonthill, Wilts; and Lansdown, Bath, edited by Charlotte Lansdown, first edition, one of 100 copies, title and final leaf lightly browned, hinges split, book-label of John Gloag, original red cloth, by W.Brown of Bath, titled in gilt on upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, preserved in modern red cloth folder and red morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, [Bath], printed for private circulation, 1893.
⁂ Scarce item of Beckfordiana, of which Library Hub records only 2 copies (BL and University of Oxford).
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